June 2015
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1 JUNE 2015: CORK CITY MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Cillian OLEARY IRL 2:30:41 2 Vincent CHEPYEGON KEN 2:31:41 3 Brian HEGARTY IRL 2:32:29 4 Brian LEAHY IRL 2:32:35 5 Tom HOGAN IRL 2:32:55 6 Peter MOONEY IRL 2:33:45 7 Owen CASEY IRL 2:34:14 8 Mike OBRIEN IRL 2:35:40 9 Alex OSHEA IRL 2:36:36 10 Eoin SUGRUE IRL 2:38:26 WOMEN: 1 Nollaigh HUNTER IRL 2:57:45 2 Joan ENNIS IRL 2:58:38 3 Sorcha KEARNY IRL 3:14:40 4 Christine KINSELLA IRL 3:14:52 5 Aoife COOKE IRL 3:15:07 6 Mary SWEENEY IRL 3:17:51 7 Geraldine OSHEA IRL 3:20:05 8 Laura ROONEY IRL 3:20:46 9 Cora FENTON IRL 3:21:34 10 Mary FITGERALD IRL 3:23:02 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sergiu CIOBANU ROU 1:07:40 2 Alan OSHEA IRL 1:07:57 3 Tim ODONOGHUE IRL 1:08:37 WOMEN: 1 Norah NEWCOMBE-PIETERSE IRL 1:21:12 2 Amanda DEAVY IRL 1:24:49 3 Ailbhe MCDAID IRL 1:28:05
7 JUNE 2015: RAHAL 10Kkm INT'L DE CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
MEN: 1 Daniel CHEBII KEN 28:20 2 Samir JOUAHER MAR 28:21 3 Fikadu DAWIT ETH 28:21 4 Mosaab HADOUT MAR 28:21 5 Mohamed ZIANI MAR 28:21 6 Mustapha ELAZIZ MAR 28:22 7 Emmanuel OLIAULO KEN 28:22 8 Hicham BELLANI MAR 28:24 9 Abdellah TAGHRAFET MAR 28:28 10 Salah Eddine BOUNASR MAR 28:36 WOMEN: 1 Violah JEPCHUMBA KEN 32:09 2 Polline WANJIKU KEN 32:47 3 Hanane KALOUJ MAR 33:10 4 Souad AIT SALEM ALG 33:23 5 Meskerm SIFU ETH 33:28 6 Asma LEGHZAOUI MAR 33:57 7 Fatiha BEN CHATKI MAR 34:05 8 Kabira LEGMIRI MAR 34:17 9 Laila FILA MAR 34:22 10 Alaoui HAYAT MAR 35:19
7 JUNE 2015:LAGUNA PHUKET INT'L MARATHON, THAILAND
MEN: 1 Mario MAGLINAO PHI 2:55:36 2 Franky LEE HKG 2:57:39 3 Chikara YANADA JPN 3:01:10 4 Sanya KHANCHAI THA 3:01:21 5 Eugine P0STRADO PHI 3:04:03 6 Sven SCHAER SWE 3:11:08 7 Todd SPACKMAN AUS 3:14:04 8 Peng Tay CHEE SIN 3:14:09 9 Hugo PAGE CAN 3:17:02 10 Jonathan NG HKG 3:19:64 WOMEN: 1 Satomi OKA JPN 3:43:17 2 Monika KOVARIKOVA RUS 3:44:43 3 Tatiana NOVOSELTSEVA RUS 3:49:42 4 Sian FENNER AUS 3:53:39 5 Punyanuch PRACHAYANIPON THA 3:56:32 6 Cynthia KEITH USA 3:59:44 7 Nisarat HANKIT THA 4:01:54 8 Emma PLANT GBR 4:05:50 9 Annie PEDRONI GBR 4:06:45 10 Shelley CLOWES AUS 4:07:27 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Kohichiro YAMANAKA JPN 1:14:39 2 Elmer SABAL PHI 1:17:39 3 Mark Anthony OXIMAR PHI 1:18:08 WOMEN: 1 Christabel MARTES PHI 1:25:12 2 Clare ATKINSON GBR 1:37:44 3 Siriyakorn KUMLAI THA 1:42:15
7 JUNE 2015: QUITO ULTIMAS NOTICIAS 15km ECUADOR
MEN: 1 Elisha Korir CHUMO KEN 46:33 2 Daniel MUINDI KEN 47:08 3 Raul Machacuay ECU 47:19 4 Miguel Angel ALMACHIl ECU 48:06 5 Constantino Leon LOPEZ ECU 48:26 6 Paulino CANCHANYA ECU 48:35 7 Xavier Mauricio SIMBANA ECU 48:37 8 Segundo Oswaldo JAMI ECU 49:00 9 Waldir Ureta MEDRANO ECU 49:36 10 Luis CACUANGO ECU 49:44 WOMEN: 1 Ines MELCHOR PER 51:55 2 Maria Balvina PASTUNA ECU 52:57 3 Rose JEBET KEN 55:28 4 Margaret Karie TOROITICH KEN 55:51 5 Rosa Alva CHACHA ECU 55:56 6 Katherine Lorena VELASQUEZ ECU 58:02 7 Carmen TOAQUIZA ECU 58:31 8 Salome Chepkemoi SIMOTWO KEN 58:47 9 Edith Geanine SUNTAXI ECU 58:52 10 Wendy Estefania PANCHI ECU 1:00:31
13 JUNE 2015: LANZHOU INT'L MARATHON, CHINA
MEN: 1 Abayneh Ayele WOLDEGIORGIS ETH 2:10:10 2 Abdellah TAGHRAFET MAR 2:11:39 3 Lawrence CHERONO KEN 2:12:33 4 Simon Kiprugut KIRUI KEN 2:12:33 5 Lazarus TOO KEN 2:12:40 6 Paul Katisa MATHEKA KEN 2:12:48 7 Feyera Gemeda DADI ETH 2:13:07 8 Niguse Chala EJERE ETH 2:14:17 9 Patrick Kipyegon TERER KEN 2:14:39 10 Bikila Demma DABA ETH 2:15:05 WOMEN: 1 Rael KIYARA NGURIATUKEI KEN 2:31:22 2 Margaret AGAI KEN 2:31:47 3 Georgina RONO KEN 2:32:06 4 Azalech MASRESHA WOLDESELASSE ETH 2:32:21 5 Alice TIMBILILI KEN 2:32:49 6 Valary JEMELI AIYABEI KEN 2:33:46 7 Askale ALEMAYEHU ETH 2:34:06 8 Tsgrereda GIRMA AYELE ETH 2:34:21 9 Aster TESFAYE TILAHUN BRN 2:35:59 10 Jingxia ZHANG CHN 2:39:45
13 JUNE 2015: PORTUMNA FOREST MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Ciaran FAHERTY IRL 2:38:37 2 Mick RICE IRL 2:58:35 3 John GILBERT IRL 3:08:12 4 Aidan HOGAN IRL 3:08:42 5 Louis COYNE IRL 3:22:08 6 Francisco ESCUDER 3:25:23 7 Noel MAHER IRL 3:25:25 8 Ollie MOORE IRL 3:27:40 9 Mark BYRNE IRL 3:27:48 10 Dermot MCCORMACK IRL 3:34:09 WOMEN: 1 Tracy FLANAGAN IRL 3:44:36 2 Daria LUNBINSKA 3:54:16 3 Carmel BRANNIGAN IRL 3:57:48 4 Cathy QUILTER IRL 4:10:05 5 Brenda FRANCIS IRL 4:14:18 6 Valerie FOGARTY IRL 4:17:22 7 Marja KAI 4:27:14 8 Jackie MORRIS-BURKE IRL 4:27:14 9 Jenny KEAVEY IRL 4:33:07 10 Maighread RYAN IRL 4:36:53 100km MEN: 1 Andrew GREANEY IRL 8:06:01 2 Alan GORSKI IRL 8:52:17 3 Maurice LOOBEY IRL 9:32:08 WOMEN: 1 Brenda OKEEFE IRL 11:54:57 2 Elle ONEILL IRL 12:36:59 3 Christina DEVANE IRL 13:16:05
13 JUNE 2015: TROFEO CITT DI TELESIA, ITALY
MEN: 1 Cosmas Jairus BIRECH KEN 28:22 2 Thomas James LOKOMWAB KEN 29:02 3 John KOSGEI KEN 29:17 4 Samuel Nderitu KARIUKI KEN 29:40 5 Hosea Kimeli KISORIO KEN 30:08 6 Celestin NIHORIMBERE BDI 30:29 7 Fred MUSOBO UGA 30:41 8 Giovanni GUALDI ITA 30:44 9 Erastus Kipkorir CHIRCHIR KEN 31:03 10 Vicenzo AGNELLO ITA 31:06 WOMEN: 1 Viola JELAGAT KEN 33:08 2 Anna INCERTI ITA 33:15 3 Lucy MURIGI KEN 33:26 4 Marta MEGRA ETH 34:26 5 Meriyem LAMACHI ITA 34:59 6 Silvia LA BARBERA ITA 35:42 7 Deborah TONIOLO ITA 35:59 8 Claudia FINIELLI ITA 36:15 9 Sofia RIGA GRE 36:45 10 Kahdija LAAROUSSI MAR 37:59
13 JUNE 2015: TORSHAVN MARATHON, FAROE ISLANDS
MEN: 1 Joe DALE GBR 2:53:50 2 Martin GRAVESEN FAR 2:54:30 3 Cecil WEIHE FAR 2:56:23 4 Patrik BROBERG FAR 2:59:01 5 Jannick VESTERGAARD FAR 3:00:12 6 Eirikur HANSEN FAR 3:00:29 7 Carlo TAGLIAPIETRA ITA 3:04:18 8 Lau JENSEN FAR 3:10:42 9 Andrew MILLIS 3:14:35 10 Albert JOHANSEN FAR 3:16:55 WOMEN: 1 Rigmor Napoleonsdóttir ARGE FAR 3:22:48 2 Ann THOMSEN FAR 3:36:55 3 Krista NIELSEN FAR 3:40:05 4 Beinta Hoydal JOENSEN FAR 3:40:53 5 Emma HURTIG FAR 3:45:35 6 Duruta Reginsdótir á LOFTI FAR 3:50:19 7 Alina RODRIGUEZ-VELASCO 3:55:09 8 Britta HOMER 4:03:55 9 Sunneva OLSEN FAR 4:09:30 10 Eydna WEIHE FAR 4:11:31 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Tommy HAGA NOR 1:18:42 2 Jan Elmar SORENSEN FAR 1:22:38 3 Björn AMFORS FAR 1:22:58 WOMEN: 1 Paula MOHR FAR 1:42:38 2 Anneli SODERGARDS FAR 1:47:29 3 Mona RASMUSSEN FAR 1:48:11
14 JUNE 2015: KAUNAS MARATHON, LITHUANIA
MEN: 1 Aurimas SKINULIS LAT 2:39:30 2 Maksim KULIK 2:50:09 3 Dzimitry DZERAZANKA 2:52:30 4 Maris PAKARKLIS LAT 2:54:27 5 Vidas TOTILAS LAT 2:57:20 6 Wojciech HOLONA POL 2:59:22 7 Renatas ORLOVAS LAT 3:00:30 8 Gunars KEGIS LAT 3:04:55 9 Antanas FUKAUSKAS LAT 3:06:04 10 Andrzejw POLONSKI POL 3:13:43 WOMEN: 1 Antonia JOHNSON 3:15:32 2 Vilija DAMASKIENE LTU 3:34:16 3 Svetlana CERLIONA 3:39:19 4 Ruta GAIFUTYTE LTU 3:43:55 5 Sada BUKSKNIENE LTU 3:49:57 6 Vaiva MARCINKEVICIENE LTU 3:51:24 7 Ingrida STANKUTE LTU 4:02:27 8 Modesta KAMINSKIENE LTU 4:03:17 9 Wioleta BRYCHCY POL 4:14:05 10 Aida NAVIKAITE LTU 4:20:27 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Remigijus KANCYS LAT 1:15:59 2 Tomas BIZIMAVICIUS LAT 1:16:26 3 Vitalijus AFANASJEVAS LAT 1:17:51 WOMEN: 1 Rasa DRAZDAUSKAITE LTU 1:21:44 2 Milda VILCINSKAITE LTU 1:22:20 3 Loreta BLIUJIENE LTU 1:27:31
14 JUNE 2015: PENANG BRIDGE HALF MARATHON, MALAYSIA
MEN: 1 Josphat Kiptanui CHEBEI KEN 1:04:09 2 Felix Kipkorir KANGOGO KEN 1:04:47 3 Silas Maturi GICHOVI KEN 1:05:44 4 Hilary Kipkogei YEGO KEN 1:05:54 5 Joseph MWANGI KEN 1:06:02 6 Barnaba SIGEI KEN 1:06:33 7 Hosea KIPYEGO KEN 1:06:43 8 Geoffrey BIRGEN KEN 1:06:48 9 Hillary Kibet ROTICH KEN 1:07:00 10 Mathew Kosgei BOWEN KEN 1:07:13 WOMEN: 1 Peninah KIGEN KEN 1:15:05 2 Gladys Tarus JEPKECHEI KEN 1:15:18 3 Mercy JELIMO KEN 1:17:34 4 Fridah Jepkite LODEPA KEN 1:18:54 5 Margaret NJUNGA KEN 1:19:40 6 Mildred Chebosis KIMINY KEN 1:21:11 7 Edinah Jeruto KOECH KEN 1:21:14 8 Milka Jebet CHEBOKEL KEN 1:23:33 9 Ruth Chemisto MATEBO KEN 1:24:08 10 Jackline NZIVO KEN 1:24:48
20 JUNE 2015: LISBON ECO-MARATHON, PORTUGAL
MEN: 1 Joao Hora FAUSTINO POR 3:24:36 2 Joao SERRAS POR 3:28:57 3 Mário SA POR 3:37:57 4 Filipe BRANCO POR 3:37:57 5 Paulo GOMES POR 3:41:10 6 Nuno TINTIM POR 3:45:39 7 José BORGES POR 3:45:54 8 Lothar RUBUSCH GER 3:47:56 9 Markus LOOS 3:49:05 10 Carlos Eduardo LOURENCO POR 3:52:56 WOMEN: 1 Chantal XHERVELLE FRA 3:55:55 2 Daniela Cristina MARINHEIRO POR 3:59:42 3 Isabel MOLEIRO POR 4:08:00 4 Paula MARQUES POR 4:19:27 5 Graça ROLDAO POR 4:34:07 6 Paula BATALHA POR 4:37:24 7 Cristina CALDEIRA POR 4:58:36 8 Maria ELISA POR 5:06:34 9 Cidalia MARTINS POR 5:20:11 10 Outi HOLOPAINEN FIN 5:20:29 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Enric Gomez MARIN POR 1:32:31 2 João TRIGEIROS POR 1:36:05 3 Pedro VIEIRA POR 1:36:48 WOMEN: 1 Sarah MARTIN POR 2:10:39 2 Marina PAIVA POR 2:11:38 3 Claudia FUSTIGA GER 2:11:42
20 JUNE 2015: MIDNIGHT SUN MARATHON, NORWAY
MEN: 1 Antony MUGO KEN 2:26:15 2 Grant SCHMIDLECHNER AUS 2:39:13 3 Tom Andre HENRIKSEN NOR 2:54:11 4 Dan VAUGHAN GBR 2:54:28 5 Geir SIMONSEN NOR 2:57:17 6 Sigve ANDERSEN NOR 2:57:18 7 Kristoffer SLETTHOLM NOR 2:57:18 8 Scott CRAIGHEAD GBR 2:57:46 9 Aron MODIG SWE 2:58:03 10 Lindsay ELLIS AUS 2:59:11 WOMEN: 1 Claire GRIMA GBR 2:49:07 2 Anja Kristin LINDANGER NOR 3:01:49 3 Kathrine KVERNMO NOR 3:02:58 4 Simona PIEVANI ITA 3:12:39 5 Linda CHRISTENSEN SWE 3:23:56 6 Linda NYENG NOR 3:28:06 7 Gry ROSENLUND NOR 3:28:12 8 Therese Møller MARTINSEN NOR 3:31:45 9 Lauren KEARNEY USA 3:32:27 10 Chiu Tong TSANG HKG 3:32:28 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Sture ANDERSEN NOR 1:16:58 2 Tobias ALBRIGTSEN NOR 1:17:25 3 Juho LATVALA FIN 1:17:42 WOMEN: 1 Hilde ADERS NOR 1:20:42 2 Kaisa RAMBERG NOR 1:26:53 3 Gerit PFUHL NOR 1:29:57
20 JUNE 2015: WROCLAW NIGHT HALF MARATHON, POLAND
MEN: 1 David Kiprono METTO KEN 1:03:04 2 John Kibichy TANUI KEN 1:03:26 3 Francis LAGAT KEN 1:03:55 4 Arkadiusz GARDZIELEWSKI POL 1:05:48 5 Emil DOBROWOLSKI POL 1:05:51 6 Blazej BRZEZINSKI POL 1:06:59 7 Damian PIETERCZYK POL 1:07:56 8 Bartlomiej STAJNIAK POL 1:08:43 9 Marcin FEHLAU POL 1:09:40 10 Michal WENDLAND POL 1:10:43 WOMEN: 1 Marina DAMANTSEVICH BLR 1:13:25 2 Sylwia EJDYS-TOMASZEWSKA POL 1:15:05 3 Ewa CHRESCIONKO POL 1:16:12 4 Svitlana STANKO UKR 1:16:28 5 Ewa KUCHARSKA POL 1:17:50 6 Dorota SILARSKA POL 1:21:27 7 Anna FICNER POL 1:21:31 8 Karolina PILARSKA POL 1:21:42 9 Monika JACKIEWICZ POL 1:22:51 10 Ewa HURYN POL 1:22:59
21 JUNE 2015: 35th CARRERA DIA DEL PADRE MEDIO MARATON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Saby Luna ABURTO MEX 1:05:48 2 Emmanuel Chamer MNANGAT. KEN 1:06:24 3 Geoffrey Kenisi BUNDI KEN 1:07:00 WOMEN: 1 Risper GESEBWA KEN 1:14:35 2 Viany DE LA ROSA ROJAS MEX 1:14:53 3 Rocio Marisol CANTARA MEX 1:17:35
23 JUNE 2015: SUZUKI MIDNIGHT RUN, ICELAND
A record 2720 people registered including 630 runners coming from abroad.
Conditions were mild and still: perfect for running. The midnight sun also joined the runners for a while during the race. Right alongside the start-finish area is one of Reykjavik's wonderful geothermal outdoor swimming pools, Laugardalslaug. All participants were invited to the swimming pool, hot tubs and steam baths after the race to relax and recover.
MEN: 1 Kari Steinn KARLSSON ISL 1:12:48 2 Sigurjon Ernir STURLSON ISL 1:21:14 3 Antoine ROGEZ FRA 1:22:27 4 Clive RICHARDS GBR 1:22:42 5 Alexander SAFRIT USA 1:23:42 6 Reimar Snæfells PETURSSON ISL 1:24:42 7 Thórir MAGNUSSON ISL 1:25:56 8 Alberto PORTA ITA 1:26:13 9 Robert James BRANDS USA 1:26:34 10 Vilhjálmur Ragnar KRISTJANSSON ISL 1:27:04 WOMEN: 1 Katie JONES GBR 1:27:58 2 Birna VARDADOTTIR ISL 1:30:55 3 Annie NORDSTROM NOR 1:31:32 4 Mary Elizabeth KETTERING USA 1:35:38 5 Margrét ELIASDOTTIR ISL 1:35:53 6 Kristín ÓSKARSDOTTIR ISL 1:37:22 7 Halldóra HALFDANARDOTTIR ISL 1:39:25 8 Lucy WILSON-SHAW GBR 1:40:44 9 Anne Julie Aimee CATTENOZ FRA 1:40:52 10 Inga Björk GUDMUNDSDOTTIR ISL 1:41:05
27 JUNE 2015: PAAVO NURMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Thijs FEUTH FIN 2:30:55 2 Fritjof FAGERLUND SWE 2:32:00 3 Henri ANSIO FIN 2:34:21 4 Ole HALONEN FIN 2:36:24 5 Joonas YLIKAHRI FIN 2:42:35 6 Jyrki KUKKO FIN 2:46:13 7 Mika NURMO FIN 2:46:45 8 Kimmo KERMAN FIN 2:47:20 9 Ragnar FREIJ FIN 2:47:42 10 Tapio TALVITIE FIN 2:51:24 WOMEN: 1 Tiina ALHONEN FIN 3:13:13 2 Eeva-Liisa HOTRAKAINEN FIN 3:19:31 3 Merja RAUTIAINEN FIN 3:21:15 4 Tanja LAHTEENMAKI FIN 3:21:38 5 Ida-Maaria LASSILA FIN 3:25:03 6 Analisa KRYSTOF USA 3:26:04 7 Karoliina SLACK USA 3:27:25 8 Maria PAASIKIVI FIN 3:28:57 9 Taru VALO FIN 3:29:15 10 Minna JOUTSEN FIN 3:30:14 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Antti RANTA-AHO FIN 1:13:34 2 Jani NUUTINEN FIN 1:15:41 3 Ami LAAMO FIN 1:16:10 WOMEN: 1 Suvi MIETTINEN FIN 1:22:40 2 Maiialeena ZIMMERMAN USA 1:24:46 3 Marjo NIITTYNEN FIN 1:25:12
27 JUNE 2015: GATORADE PANAMA INT'L HALF MARATHON
MEN: 1 Geofrey Kenisi BUNDI KEN 1:07:20 2 Emmanuel MNAMGAT KEN 1:07:45 3 David KIPROTICH LANGAT KEN 1:08:15 4 Peter LEMANYAN KEN 1:08:16 5 Diego COLORADO COL 1:08:25 6 David WERNICK USA 1:08:53 7 Enoc KIPKORIR KEN 1:08:56 8 Alene RETA ETH 1:10:23 9 Japhet KURGAT KEN 1:10:25 10 Pedro MORA PAN 1:10:48 WOMEN: 1 Kellys ARIAS COL 1:17:23 2 Margareth TOROITICH KEN 1:17:41 3 Rosa CHACHA ECU 1:20:44 4 ELYSABETH RYAN USA 1:25:07 5 Susana DE HERNANDEZ PAN 1:33:29 6 Kimberly QUESADA CRC 1:33:38 7 Andrea COROZZAN CRC 1:34:19 8 Silka NUÑEZ PAN 1:36:04 9 Frida FALK SUI 1:37:32 10 Yennis SANHOUSE VEN 1:38:10
27 JUNE 2015: ROVANIEMI MARATHON, FINLAND
MEN: 1 Dan VALITALO SWE 2:52:17 2 Graham HEDGER GBR 2:58:51 3 Olli KYYHKYNEN FIN 2:58:59 4 Mika MORSARI FIN 2:59:22 5 Jussi HERTTUALA FIN 3:02:29 6 Hannu PARTANEN FIN 3:03:45 7 Jarmo RAATEROVA SWE 3:04:08 8 Magne STROMENG NOR 3:05:11 9 Teuvo KUUSELA FIN 3:05:59 10 Jarmo VAANANEN FIN 3:06:03 WOMEN: 1 Riikka TULPPO FIN 3:25:03 2 Jenni KERANEN FIN 3:27:08 3 Jatta SEPPALA FIN 3:31:16 4 Heather JACOBS USA 3:44:00 5 Hilkka KALLIO FIN 3:44:47 6 Seija MAIJALA FIN 3:45:33 7 Kirsi MAKELA FIN 3:47:16 8 Anu HILLI FIN 3:47:34 9 Riitta KARJALAINEN FIN 3:51:18 10 Pia KANGAS FIN 3:55:44 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Dmitriy SAVINOV RUS 1:18:09 2 Hannu NIEMELA FIN 1:19:45 3 Jarmo RUNDGREN FIN 1:20:11 WOMEN: 1 Anni HEMMINKI FIN 1:18:41 2 Johanna DAVIDILA FIN 1:23:52 3 Sanna KULBERG FIN 1:24:46
27 JUNE 2015: SCOTIABANK VANCOUVER HALF MARATHON, CANADA
Photos: Canada Running Series
![Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon](images/2015/jun15_svhm1.jpg)
Canadians Reid Coolsaet and Lanni Marchant cruised to comfortable home wins on a hot morning at the 17th edition writes Alan Brookes. Bright blue sunny skies greeted the 4400 runners from 29 countries and eight Canadian Provinces who took off from the University of British Columbia to run down to Stanley Park along the Pacific shores in one of the world's most-scenic urban road races. Another 2150 ran the accompanying 5km held entirely within the park.
![Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon](images/2015/jun15_svhm2.jpg)
A group of four broke away immediately in the men's race after an ambitious early opening. As it then slowed Reid Coolsaet moved to the front to pick things up, running with Matt Loiselle down to Spanish Banks to pass 10km in 30:26. Coolsaet broke clear in the 12th kilometre and cruised for home. Loiselle faded to third as 21-year old American collegiate runner Arya Bahreini from Oklahoma finished strongly to take second.
![Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon](images/2015/jun15_svhm3.jpg)
The women's race featured two intriguing contests: Lanni Marchant vs Natasha Wodak; and Masters' athletes Lioudmila Kortchaguina vs local runner Catherine Watkins. With Wodak running for the VOKRA cat rescue charity, wearing cat-like face make-up, the duel with Marchant was billed as the "Catfight in Vancouver". They stayed together for 12km before Marchant's road strength on the hills started to tell.
MEN: 1 Reid COOLSAET CAN 1:05:40 2 Ayra BAHREINI USA 1:06:34 3 Matt LOISELLE CAN 1:06:58 4 Sami JIBRIL CAN 1:07:14 5 Rob WATSON CAN 1:09:02 WOMEN: 1 Lanni MARCHANT CAN 1:11:08 2 Natasha WODAK CAN 1:12:31 3 Lioudmila KORTCHAGUINA CAN 1:17:33 4 Catherine WATKINS CAN 1:19:04 5 Lissa ZIMMER CAN 1:19:44
27 JUNE 2015: WATERFORD VIKING MARATHON, IRELAND
MEN: 1 Paul MOORE IRL 2:24:00 2 Tom HOGAN IRL 2:33:12 3 Paul LYNCH IRL 2:36:07 4 Alain MCLAREN SUI 2:37:45 5 Brian MURPHY IRL 2:40:35 6 Trevor SWIFT IRL 2:51:33 7 Fozzy FORRISTAL IRL 2:55:40 8 Eric BROWNE IRL 2:58:34 9 John HENNESSY IRL 2:58:46 10 Brian GURRIN IRL 2:58:54 WOMEN: 1 Pauline CURLEY IRL 2:52:38 2 Sally FORRISTAL IRL 3:14:24 3 Sandra LYNCH IRL 3:23:34 4 Collette ODONOGHUE IRL 3:27:26 5 Caroline KELLY IRL 3:28:41 6 Angela KANE IRL 3:31:01 7 Dolores DUFFY IRL 3:31:16 8 Calire SMITH IRL 3:33:25 9 Tracy FLANAGAN IRL 3:34:17 10 Mary JENNINGS IRL 3:35:12 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Freddy KERON SITTUK IRL 1:10:46 2 Davind MANSFIELD IRL 1:10:53 3 Keith RUSSELL GBR 1:15:18 WOMEN: 1 Ann Marie HOLLAND IRL 1:23:46 2 Tara MALONE GBR 1:28:26 3 Anna DORIS IRL 1:29:54
28 JUNE 2015: LAKE SAROMA 100km, JAPAN
MEN: 1 Yoshikazu HARA JPN 6:35:49 2 Tsutomu NAGATA JPN 6:36:39 3 Tstsuya ITAGAKI JPN 6:40:33 4 Yoshiki TAKADA JPN 6:42:04 5 Yoshifumi KIYOMOTO JPN 6:44:09 6 Takaaki SAKAMAOTO JPN 6:46:44 7 Yoshihiko ISHIKAWA JPN 6:52:45 8 Yosuke MAEDA JPN 6:54:14 9 Koji HAYASAKA JPN 6:54:30 10 Takeshi OZAKI JPN 6:54:51 WOMEN: 1 Chiyuki MOCHIZUKI JPN 7:36:39 2 Shiho KATAYAMA JPN 7:44:31 3 Mai FUJISAWA JPN 7:53:56 4 Mikiko OTA JPN 7:57:51 5 Aiko KANEMATSU JPN 8:06.09 6 Mina NAGAOKA JPN 8:07:47 7 Hisayo KAKINUMA JPN 8:17:09 8 Chiyoko KATO JPN 8:19:32 9 Satoko UETANI JPN 8:29:28 10 Yuki NOSE JPN 8:46:33
28 JUNE 2015: TANGAMANGA MARATHON, MEXICO
MEN: 1 Miguel LEON MEX 2:39:07 2 Salvador GUERRERO MEX 2:46:33 3 Juan Antonio SANDOVAL MEX 2:50:00 4 Omar COYOTL MEX 2:50:21 5 Jose Francisco GALAVIZ MEX 2:51:11 6 Valentin GONZALEZ MEX 2:53:09 7 Juan Carlos JIMENEZ MEX 2:53:59 8 Enrique BARRERA MEX 2:58:03 9 Jaime VALDES MEX 3:04:00 10 Antero LUNA MEX 3:07:00 WOMEN: 1 Maria Luisa SANCHEZ MEX 3:16:27 2 Candida GACHUZ MEX 3:17:09 3 Edith ROBLES MEX 3:34:32 4 Mariana Flores QUERO MEX 3:37:02 5 Maria Elizabeth VERAR MEX 3:40:13 6 Reyna LOPEZ MEX 3:40:55 7 Carla Patricia BASURTO MEX 3:49:07 8 Miki INOUE JPN 3:52:52 9 Juana FRANCO MEX 3:54:12 10 Martha URBAR MEX 4:01:59 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Javier Francisco HERNANDEZ MEX 1:13:47 2 Alejandro RANGEL MEX 1:15:16 3 Rafael ESCAMILLA MEX 1:17:20 WOMEN: 1 Xochitl OSORIO MEX 1:24:55 2 Lilia Gisela DELGADILLO MEX 1:31:24 3 Kelvia HERNANDEZ MEX 1:36:20
28 JUNE 2015: ECONET VICTORIA FALLS MARATHON, ZIMBABWE
MEN: 1 Nkosiyazi SIBANDA ZIM 2:19:12 2 Millen MATENDE ZIM 2:19:59 3 Portipher DOMBOJENA ZIM 2:20:39 4 Lyno MUCHENA ZIM 2:21:25 5 Caphus MAMBI ZAM 2:22:16 6 Tapiwa CHIMGADAYI ZIM 2:22:26 7 Mike FOKOLONI ZIM 2:23:43 8 Mathews MUTANYI ZAM 2:25:18 9 Peter TUMBARE ZIM 2:25:30 10 Leonard KOKI ZIM 2:28:07 WOMEN: 1 Tabitha TSATSA ZIM 2:49:44 2 Sharon MURIUKI TAN 2:54:07 3 Lizih CHOKORE ZIM 3:01:07 4 Chiyebza CHOKORE ZIM 3:09:49 5 Monica KATIVHY ZIM 3:10:48 6 Tawapo BHIRI ZIM 3:19:13 7 Mercy KALUNGA ZAM 3:20:28 8 unknown runner 3:31:25 9 Margareth MAHOHOMO ZIM 3:31:32 10 Rabia FILIMA ZIM 3:35:21 HALF MARATHON MEN: 1 Munjaradz JARI ZIM 1:05:45 2 Panuel MKUNGO TAN 1:05:51 3 Isaac MPOFU ZIM 1:06:07 WOMEN: 1 Constance NYASANGE ZIM 1:17:14 2 Rutendo MYAHORA ZIM 1:17:53 3 Patience MUROKE ZIM 1:20:55
28 JUNE 2015: 19th VIDOVDAN 10km ROAD RACE, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA
There is a unique atmosphere generated when several thousand children, participating in their own races, are able to see world-class male and female athletes run in the title 10km event.
Cosmas Birech imposed a fierce tempo and led by a wide margin from the start. At 5km he was on sub 28-minute schedule, but between 8–9km he slowed drastically, finishing with a time of 28:50. The warm and humid conditions played their part.
In the women's race Kenyans Angela Tanui and Martha Akeno ran together to 5km when Tanui went ahead. Akeno maintained her second place. The crowd were very excited about home athlete Lucia Kimani, returning to this race after two years, who came in third.
A record number of 900 children participated (between the ages of 2 and 6). The baby competition over 10m also had a record number of participants: 51.
All money gathered from race entries for the 2km event went to fund an operation "for little Marija".
MEN: 1 Cosmas BIRECH KEN 28:50 2 Gregor LASZLO HUN 30:36 3 Tamas KOVACS HUN 31:03 4 Darko ZIVANOVIC SRB 32:22 5 Sasa STOLIC SRB 32:39 WOMEN: 1 Angela TANUI KEN 32:47 2 Martha AKENO KEN 33:03 3 Lucia KIMANI BIH 35:14 4 Zita KACSER HUN 35:52 5 Tunde SZABO HUN 37:34
28 JUNE 2015: ERGO WHITE NIGHTS MARATHON, RUSSIA
MEN: 1 Mikhail BYKOV RUS 2:20:32 2 Roman DEDOV RUS 2:20:54 3 Mikhail KULKOV RUS 2:21:10 4 Yuriy KAPTEROV BLR 2:25:45 5 Aleksandr PAVLENIN RUS 2:25:46 6 Aleksandr KROTOVICH RUS 2:26:38 7 Igor SCHERBINA RUS 2:26:52 8 Lazarus Kimutai KIPTOO KEN 2:27:27 9 Nikolai GRIGOROV RUS 2:27:51 10 Vadim UDIZHOV RUS 2:29:54 WOMEN: 1 Irinia KOZBOVSKAYA RUS 2:41:23 2 Yulia KOREPANOVA RUS 2:41:57 3 Oksana AKIMENKOVA RUS 2:45:00 4 Nadezhda LEONTEEVA RUS 2:47:57 5 Martha PAHOMOVA RUS 2:49:56 6 Olga KAMINSKAYA BLR 2:50:44 7 Tatiana BELKINA RUS 2:54:55 8 Inna ZARINA RUS 2:55:07 9 Ekaterina ALEKSEEVA RUS 2:57:46 10 Anastasia ZAHAROVA RUS 2:59:28 10km MEN: 1 Artur BURCEV RUS 30:24 2 Aleksei REUNKOV RUS 30:37 3 Andrei KARPIN RUS 30:53 WOMEN: 1 Yulia CHIZHENKO RUS 34:24 2 Oksana STOLYAROVA RUS 35:40 3 Maria BABICH RUS 36:23